If you're still waiting for it, it means you're not yet ready for it… whatever "it" is. So stop looking at waiting as a punishment and start looking at it as preparation.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

More quotations from Mandy Hale

You will evolve past certain people. Let yourself.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

Self-love, self-respect, self-approval, and self-worth do not equal self-ish.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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No matter how attractive a person's potential may be, you have to date their reality.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self-respect.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

If you don't love yourself, you'll always be chasing after people who don't love you either.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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History

29 Mar 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

If you're still waiting for it, it means you're not yet ready for it…whatever "it" is. So stop looking at waiting as a punishment and start looking at it as preparation.